Organize? So where do I START?!!

JulieLoves2Knit had a good idea to get organized this weekend and since we both had the same idea at the same time [great minds are known to "think alike"] I'm going to show both before and after pictures. So I better start with some "before" pictures so you & I will know what I have to deal with here. This is NOT a wimpy job. Nor is it a job for the wimpy. This weekend will be the basement to be tackled or at least the bookcase in the sewing area. But before I start posting the "before" pictures, I should post the picture of the ONE bookcase I have already gotten organized. Like Julie, I put all of my magazines & patterns from the Internet into binders with labels to identify what is in which binder. I also tried to store each craft on it's own shelf... but knitting & crochet did get a shelf together for the binders. Okay, so you'll know what I mean, here's the picture... Hey, that REALLY is neat & organized! You should have seen it before I started a MONTH ago. There's a close- up of my binders below ...

Now this doesn't even show you the bookcase where all of my knitting books are kept ... but that's another area I'll get to later. I do list all my books in del.icio.us.
That's one of my organizing suggestions, Julie.
A major one ... before I buy any new books, I check my library/inventory on my knitting books in del.icio.us to see if I don't already have it. As you see, I have so many books, it's very easy to forget that I already have it [somewhere]. It's saved me a duplicate purchase a few times already. This bookcase contains most of my magazine binders and books on crochet, embroidery and cross-stitch.

Now for the bookcase I'm organizing TODAY. It contains crafting supplies along with books on quilting & sewing. Maybe even a few other misc. subjects. Here's some pictures ...

So I guess I better get busy, huh?

But before I do, here's one more picture... it's of the postcards my friend, Samantha from Florida makes. She's a quilter and has gotten into designing and making the fabric postcards. Aren't they neat?
Just like "little pieces of art"! ...